I'm working on a personal project (Windows desktop application) and started thinking about trying to make some money from the application (not the source). I'm not expecting to make a billion dollars but who knows right? The easiest way I see is give it out for free and allow people to donate but I'm not sure how well that works or what payment system is the easiest/best (Paypal)? If I were to sell it how would go about that? 3rd party distribution? Sell it from my own website with Paypal and verify reciepts? Build my own "store" for the application?

Essentially: What method did you use to make money from a personal project (donation, selling, other?) and how did you go about it? Tips?

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i hope you had your little finger poised at side of mouth when you said 'a billion dollars'!
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Mitch WheatJan 25 '11 at 4:43

It looks like he just posted something yesterday...am I looking at the wrong blog?
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DanielJan 25 '11 at 18:45

No. You are not looking at wrong blog. It is just that he posts articles relevant to his company and website nowadays and not necessarily stuffs on software.
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ckvJan 27 '11 at 8:39

Interesting article, but the point of the article is that there isn't really an answer to setting prices and has little to do with the OP's question since he is asking for practical advice.
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theChrisKentJun 28 '11 at 14:20